Improper Authorization Affecting hono package, versions <4.12.21


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-HONO-17055751
  • published29 May 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026
  • creditSQU4NCH

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-47673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hono to version 4.12.21 or higher.

Overview

hono is an Ultrafast web framework for the Edges

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization via the jwt middleware when the Authorization header uses any scheme, not just Bearer. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by presenting a valid JWT under a non-Bearer scheme identifier.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1